Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-08-05
ZEE. NG A GHOST,


q Ned Adams, janitor Of New York,
was once employed in the Bellevue Hos
pital College. He relates an experience
he had there, which may well make
leach particular hair to stand on end.
This is how he told it TO reporter o.
the Herald:
II had charge OF the dissccting room
OF Bellevue Hospital College from lSG
TO 1870, and it was part OF my duty tt
sleep in that institution.
ITO this however did not object from
the very first, for, though / was alone in
that big building, which is ono of the
most weird and melancholy looking in
stitutions in the entire city, / had been SC
much accustomed to the presence OF
dead bodies that began to like it quite
we'll.
my room was situated directly nc:lt
door to the dissecting room, and il
this dissccting room lay upward of ono
hundred and fifty cadavers in various
forms OF mutilation.
"For one who has spent the greater part
of his life among such associations -
and VIC arc for the most part creatures
of habit-you can readily perceive that
it required no very great degree OF mora
courage to accomplish this. And then,
again, I never believed in ghosts and
ton of them.
''At that time as now, DR., Austin Flint,
Jr., was the professor Of physiology, and
he took great delight in experimenting
on living animals for tho benefit of his
class, The quadruped that best suited
lis purpose In this respect was The dog,
and he always kept an abundant supply
OF these animals on hand.
II need hardly remark that they were
not of tho very best specimens OF the
canine race and did not possess as much
Intelligence as others OF their species.
They were fed largely on meat, and
seemed to be getting along very we'll in
deed.
..Thesc dogs occupied room next to
mine, which was separated by very mar
row partition, and / could very readily
hear the least noise that was made. My
self and the dogs were therefore tho sole
occupants of that immense building. The
dogs never ONCE broke the qlietude that
prevailed at night, and ii they only oc-
tasionally did so it would not be such q
bad thing after all.
las l had occasion to rise early, gen-
eEa.ly about five o'clock in tho morning
] was always in my bed at ton, and never
found MUCH difficulty in procuring slocp
and / was always as mCthodlcal Us u
clock in this respect.
ut was on the 4th day of October
1870. and had gone to bed at the usual
time. II was m-tlne clear night and OK
ecptioIally warm for that time OF the
gear A large English clock hung in
my room. aud as there was always light
burning low I could, from my bed, dis
tinetly sec the face OF the clock.
III did not foel rs sleepy on that night
uns austnnauy with mo md I at r-
buted 1t somewhat to the heat of the
day. / rolled in my bed for quito a time,
and when again turned to the clock l
saw it was close on midnight.
II now began to pass into kind of
stupor, hale asleep and half awake, when
all ut once fancicd heard II low, sup
pressed cry as if of some one in great
agony of mind. This was followed by the
yelp OF the dogs and then low, prolonged
growl as such animals generally make
when about to attack some one. This
was maintained for quito a while and
/ kept my ear intently listening all the
time.
II could not be mistaken in the sount
OF the human voice. / rubbed my eyes
with my hand and stood up in the bed tc
assure myself that | was not dreaming
and came to tho conclusion that il was
perhaps somc woman who remained il
the building over night The voice cor
tainly was Of tho sharp, shrill eharreta
cl q woman
'All TINS time was not one bit afraid
and proceeded to dress myself to ascer
tam the cause of the commotion. | put OF
my pantaloons and waistcoat and walkc1
out In my bare feet.
'Whcn | reached the room where til,
dogs were | opened tho door gently anc
peeped in. Good heavens Right in tn,
middle of the dogs stood II stranv,
woman. all in white and rs looked il
upon her she threw n glance as me tina,
almost froze the blood in my veins.
presently the door flew opon, ap
parently OF its own accord, and thu
strange form glidcd out and passed into
the dissecting room. tried to follow it
and as did so she raised her hand in 0
menacing attitude and suddenly disap
pearcd from sight.
was not familiar with, and | knew Their,
were 10 secret trapdoors through whicl
she could descend. Right in sight of nj,
the ground seemed to open up in front O.
OF her and she to disappear from view
II need not tell you that | slept b,i;
little that night. did not in fact. 90 tc
bed at all, but sat on the side of il with
my clothes on, and l longed eagerly fol
the return Of the day.
Il tried in my mind to explain the
cause of the extraordinary phenomenon,
but every time the difficulty grew creator,
and if had been any way under the in.
huence OF liquor might attriba;c it to
some morbid condition of the nervous
system induced by over stimulation. But
the fact remained and could not dispute
the EVIDENCE of my senses.
''Thc next day handed in my resigna
lion to tho faculty. but made no reference
to the cause of my leaving. have never
visited n dissocting room since that night
and never will again il live fora hundred
years"